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Highlands United Youth members pose with Senator James Skoufis after he presented them with NY Senate Empire Award.

State honors Highlands Youth United

Over 50 members of Highlands Youth United were honored at a gathering on October 3 with the New York State Senate Empire Award. They and their families attended a ceremony held at the American Legion …

Highlands Town Board continues 2025 budget work

The Highlands Town Board passed a resolution to transfer $250,000 from its General Reserve Fund to its Contingency and Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund at its September 30 meeting and budget work …
County Executive Steve Neuhaus provided a testimonial for Maj. Gen. John Hussey’s first book, “Inside the Wire: Guarding America’s Enemy Prisoners in the Global War on Terror from Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay.” Last month Hussey visited Neuhaus to give him a copy of the book.

Hussey’s first book describes experience in detention operations

During his 38-year military career, Major General John Hussey (Retired) has published several articles pertaining to detention operations and rule of law operations, but earlier this year he …

Capital project update given

Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District Superintendent Michael McElduff told the community this week that capital project work is progressing nicely in all three of the …

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Local News
While he still plays his trumpet every day, Baldwin’s focus is calligraphy.
Precision and Creativity do not necessarily to go together. The words seem to describe opposites because precision denotes exactness and staying within the rules while creativity broadens the scope …
O’Neill’s Buffalo Battalion of the JROTC is shown at the September 29 Tunnels2Towers run in New York City.
On September 29, many of O’Neill High School’s Buffalo Battalion JROTC cadets gathered at the school at 4:30 a.m. to take a long bus ride to New York City for the annual Tunnel to Towers …

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News of the Highlands - October 10, 2024

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In observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, October 14, there are some local closures to make note of. Schools are closed, as are the area post offices. In …
A reminder: the Highland Falls Senior Center is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. On Tuesdays, stop by for Coffee & Conversation (or tea!) and, if you’d like, work on any …
Safe Harbors of the Hudson has announced that tickets are now on sale for Uncanny Valley Puppet Slam, an evening of puppetry performances exclusively for grown-ups that will take place Saturday, …
The U.S. Postal Service will again deliver millions of rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits to households across the nation. In collaboration with the White House and the Administration for …
When you get your Highland Falls, or Town of Highlands, water bills at the beginning of November, be aware that not only the rate, but how the amount of water you use, is billed. Highland Falls …

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Past Articles
I spent some time at the Highland Falls Library this past week looking at the items that were part of the Town of Highlands Historical Society’s display on the return of the hostages from Iran …
Regarding community redevelopment, since the 1960’s I’ve watched our community change with increasingly limited ability to solve economic challenges due to limited tax base and no …
The sharp increase in chronic absenteeism in New York schools, as detailed in State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s recent report, is a serious concern. Nearly one in three students were …
O’Neill quarterback Isaac Post (12) catches the snap as Angel Pratt (55) and Chase DeTemple (69) prepare to block for him.
While the varsity football team was on the road last Saturday afternoon, the O’Neill Raider modified team – seventh, eighth and ninth graders – delighted the crowd at the Waldo Wood …

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‘Merlin the Magical Clown’ spent his day facepainting and making balloon art with local children.
If you saw Town of Highlands Ambulance Corps members walking around the community on Saturday evening, you may have noticed two things. One, they were probably walking slowly. That’s …
Congressmen Pat Ryan (D-NY) and John James (R-MI) pose with their ‘Spirit Mission’ beer, which was brewed as part of the annual Congressional brewing competition in Washington, DC.
On September 18, Congressman Pat Ryan and his West Point classmate, Congressman John James, competed in Anheuser Busch’s annual Brew Across America Congressional Brewing Competition. Their …

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Reenactors from the 5th New York Regiment, Lambs and Mott’s Artillery Companies, showed spectators how muskets were fired during the Revolutionary War, and specifically at Fort Montgomery. The …
Deborah DeJesus (left) with her mother Ange Cole (right)
The Kaplan Hospice Family Residence in Newburgh celebrated a special birthday on September 21: Ange Cole, a former Suffolk County resident who recently moved to Orange County and turned 100 years …
At the short ceremony were (l-r): BOE members Faith Aprilante, Aaron Falk and Anne Lawless, Superintendents Michael McElduff and Rachel Adelstein, BOE member Gus Koutsourades, Director of Facilities Chris Kirwan, Superintendent Chris Carballo, FMES Principal Jacqueline Rodriguez, and Senator James Skoufis’ Chief of Staff Emma Fuentes.
On a rainy morning last week, Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District officials and Board of Education members gathered for the official ‘groundbreaking’ of the capital …
The Highlands Town Board will hold a public hearing on overriding the New York State tax cap at its Monday, Oct. 14 meeting. However, Supervisor Bob Livsey said again last week that he will do his …

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